Buckle attachment.



S. S. STILES.

BUCKLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLIUATION HLED 0012.18. 1913.

Llf, Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITNO., WSHINGTUN, DA Cl Ultlllllll@ TATFS PATENT @FF1@1.

SOLON S. STILES, OF MIDDLETON, CONNECTCUT.

BUCKLE ATTACHMENT.

Application led October 18, 1913.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, SoLoN S. STILEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckle Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buckle attachments, and the object of my improvement is to produce an attachment for a buckle by means of which buckles may be secured to the straps on a horse blanket and horse-clothing and which permits of the buckle being applied to the strap and secured thereto aiter the strap has been secured to the blanket proper, and which permits this to be done by means that are siniple, and economical in construction and convenient and eliicient in use and which at the same time comprise a tuck loop Jfor the billet.

1n the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of my buckle attachment and buckle, and a strap, and part of a blanket. Fig. 2 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of the tuck loop member before assembling with the buckle. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank for the same. Fig. 4t is a longitudinal sectional view of the parts shown in F ig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing a modification of the tuck loop member. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank for the tuck loop member' shown in Fig. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a blank for another' modification of the tuck loop member.

My buckle attachment 10 serres to secure the buckle 11 to the strap 12 of a blanket 18 and comprises at one end a tuck loop 14 for l the billet, which latter may be engaged with the buckle 11. The said buckle attachment 10 is formed of sheet metal and comprises the said tuck loop 111 at one end and at the other end has the chape 15 the body portion oi which engages with the bar 16 of the buckle 11, and the said chape 15 is provided with a plurality of integral prongs 17. T he chape 15 has a slot 2O for the tongue 21 of the buckle 11. The strap 12 may be triangular as shown or of some other suitable form and is secured to the blanket 13 by stitching 18 in the usual manner and is provided with a set of holes 19 corresponding to the number of integral prongs 17 and suitably positioned to register therewith. The chape 15 is engaged with the bar 16 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 795,860.

the buckle 11, the tongue 21 being positioned in the slot 20, and then the integral prongs 17 are entered in the holes 19 and forced through the material of the blanket 13, and then the ends of the prongs 17 are bent over agains the body portion of the blanket 13.

As described the tuck loop 14 and the buckle 11 are secured to the strap 13 by means in the form oi prongs that are integral with the chape 15. The tuck loop 141 l make of such form and size that the rivet 17 on the side of the chape 15 between the said loop and chape may be provided as shown integral with the inner wall 22 of the said loop 14e and at the same time the said prong 17 will be of substantial width and the portion 23 that is in bearing engagement with the under face of the blanket 13 will have appreciable length. That is to say, the prong 17 consists of a substantial tongue-like piece of sheet metal and which is bent over to effect the desired engagement, instead of being headed over as in the case of ordinary rivets, and the same is formed from material that would otherwise be waste material that would be cut out in forming the tuck loop 14.

l lind that the prong 17 on the outer side of the chape 15 may be formed integral with the outer wall 2st of the slot 20a, as in the modilication of the chape, 15, shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and of the same substantial character as the prong 17 described at the` inner side of the chape 15 and that the same may be formed from the material that would be otherwise cut away and thrown in the scrap in forming the slot 2()a for the tongue 21 of the buckle 11.

en especially desirable arrangement is that shown in Fig. 7 in which the chape or tuck loop member 15b has two rivets or prongs 17 on the side of the tuck loop 14 and one on the other side after the style shown in Fig. 6.

1t will be noted that the chape comprises the body portion consisting of two sleevelike portions, separated by the slot 2O or 20a, and which are engaged with the buckle in the manner described, and in a substantially ordinary manner, and furthermore coniprises flat or plane portions, cross-connecting the ends of the said sleeve-like portions. The said flat or plane portion on the side of the tuck loop is quite ordinary and the edge of the same is designated by the character 22, Figs. 2, 3, and 6, and 22, Fig. 7.

The prong 17, integral with the said edge,

shown in Figs. 3 and 6, and the prongs 17, Fig. 7, inelosed by the tuck loop let, show a combination believed to be new, in that the prong in each case is of suliioient length to penetrate the materials of the strap and the blanket and also have a portion of appreoiable length to be bent over against the rear face of the blanket, and the said `prongs are made of such length by making the tuck loop of proper dimensions to do this. The flat or plane portion mentioned on the outer side of the chape, designated as 24 in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, Cross-connecting the outer ends of the sleeve-like portions of the chape, and having the integral prong 17, is believed to be new. This outer side ot' the chape is the one that in use is subjected to the greater strain, due to a direct longitudinal pull on the buckle, and which strain would tend to open out the sleeves or sleeve-like portions, and the prong 17 on the said outer side resists suoli strain. This permits the use of thinner material for the chape. To form the prong 17 as shown in Fig. 5, of material that would otherwise be out away tuck loop.

in forming the slot 20, besides saving in material, also brings the holding effect of `'the prong closer to the sleeve ends, being essentially in line therewith, and which is the most advantageous position to effect the holding desired.

I claim as my invention A chape and loop combination comprising in combination, in one piece of sheet metal, a buckle engaging portion consisting of two sleeve-like members separated by a slot, a pair of flat portions cross-connecting the ends of said sleeve-like members, integral prongs of appreciable length extending from one of the edges of each of the said flat portions, and a tuck loop of U-shape extending from one of the said vliat portions, and being on the same side thereof as the prong connected to the said last named flat portion so that the inner end of the said last named prong is inolosed by the said SOLON S. STILES. Vitnesses:

BERTRAND E. SPENCER,

OLYN A. BRAINARD.

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